Chapter IV: Major Cases
The so-called spirit killing is the killing of the spirit body.
The black shadow that flashed just now was the spirit body, which was formed by the condensation of the soul that had not dissipated after death.
I looked up at the sky, and it was a little dark.
The sand ring is full of water, and the Tibetan wind gathers gas.
I recited it three times, and my heart suddenly became brighter.
The so-called Tibetan wind gathers qi is equivalent to detaining all the qi here, and there is no way to escape at all.
It is precisely because of this feng shui pattern that the people who drown here cannot be reincarnated, and their spirits are trapped in this reservoir and cannot be dispersed for a long time.
So......
My eyes were finally fixed on the motionless water.
"You just stand here, don't move, I'll come up right away."
With that, I took off my coat and plunged headlong into the water.
Before the figure appeared, I said there was a place they must not have checked, and it was the underwater.
If someone sets up a feng shui spirit killing game, the only thing that can hide things is underwater.
As soon as I got used to the underwater environment, I noticed something faintly underneath the water, and my curiosity prompted me to continue swimming, and when I got to the bottom, I was shocked by what I saw.
It was a small three-story table with runes engraved on it, and a small flag, and a stone statue for worship, about half a person high, this should be an altar, and under the altar, the piles of bones made my scalp tingle, how many people died here?
However, this confirmed my suspicion that there was something under the water, but I was almost unable to hold back my anger, and it seemed that I could only find out if I opened the gate and released the water.
Just as I was about to dive in, someone suddenly strangled my neck, and I turned back in shock, it was the figure just now, or maybe not, his face was black mist, I couldn't see it clearly, but what I knew for sure was that it must be the ghost body that was haunting.
My grandfather had told me before that such a revenant spirit could only turn a person's fortunes around, but now this spirit almost killed me.
I didn't have time to think about the reason, so I quickly broke free, but the figure came back to me, and even a short knife stabbed at me in his hand.
Before studying criminal investigation, I practiced some kung fu on my hands and feet, so as not to be forced to retreat, and I was entangled with the figure at the moment, but every action was squeezing my lung capacity, I felt that I was about to be unable to hold back, and if I continued like this, I would be suffocated to death if I was not killed by the figure.
"Bang..."
"Ho ......"
There was a dull gunshot and a scream from my trembling figure, and he seemed to have been hit, and I grabbed him, but he was so strong that he quickly broke free.
But just as he broke free, I saw a totem tattoo on his arm, like a mark.
After breaking free, the figure escaped under the altar, and at this time, Gu Man's shouts came from the shore, I couldn't hear it clearly, and the long-term breath holding had made me a little dizzy, so I quickly dived in.
The colleagues guarding the entrance rushed over when they heard the first gunshot, and at this time they quickly pulled me ashore and asked me if I was in the way, Gu Man also squatted down and looked at me with some concern.
"You... Are you okay? ”
I shook my head, but I was a little chilly, the water had been nourished by Yin Qi for many years, but this aura was not a good thing, it would soak people's hearts and spleens, and luck might be affected.
"Call Lao Ding."
I took the phone from Gu Man's hand with some trembling.
"There is something in the water, and this matter has to be decided by Lao Ding."
After saying that, I looked at the other two colleagues, they were in a trance, and they must have known that there must be something unclean, and for them, it is better to believe that there is something than to believe nothing.
The phone went through.
"Uncle Ding, Gu Man and I are in the reservoir, you have to come over."
At first, Lao Ding thought that Gu Man had an accident again, but I hurriedly told him no, but I saw something under the water, and there were more bones, and he needed to come over and decide.
Lao Ding has seen the world and will not be frightened by these things, so he asked me and Gu Man to stay here and not move, and he will bring someone over immediately.
I hung up the phone, and Gu Man and the two colleagues looked at each other.
"Zhang Yao, you... What you just told Lao Ding is true? ”
I knew they were asking about the bones and the altar I was talking about, but this was false, but seeing was still believing, so I nodded and said, "When Lao Ding comes and opens the gate to release water, you will know." ”
The two colleagues were fine, but Gu Man had been in close contact, her expression became more and more trance-like, and the black qi on the Yin Hall became more and more intense, presumably she was a little suspicious of life now.
I went up to comfort her, and thanked her for the shot she had just fired to save me, and she was very accurate, but at this time she was in a trance and couldn't answer.
It didn't take long for Lao Ding to rush over with the serious crime team, all of whom were some old faces in the bureau, those who were usually in charge of the highest-level cases.
He didn't say anything, and pulled me aside to ask.
"Xiao Zhang, you tell me the truth, is it true or not?"
"Uncle Ding, if you open the gate and release the water, everything will naturally be clear, but the people here must keep it secret, otherwise the official impact will not be good."
Lao Ding understood this better than me, and after discussing with several veteran comrades of the serious crime team, he decided to open the sluice gate and release the water.
Outside the valve was an aqueduct, which had been dry for a long time, and after the comrades in the Lao Ding Dispatch Bureau went up to inspect it, they ordered the valve to be pulled down.
Then someone drove the car down, set up spotlights, and even set up a small table and various testing instruments.
The water level slowly dropped, and the atmosphere at the scene also dropped to a low point.
Until the water level bottomed out, the people at the scene gasped when they saw the altar and the bones.
Lao Ding didn't speak, and no one dared to move, and finally I coughed lightly, and Lao Ding broke the silence with a voice.
"Comrades, you have signed a confidentiality agreement, and you know what to do."
After saying that, he gave me a look, and he jumped down first.
I followed and came to the altar.
The altar was a little smaller than what I had seen in the water, with a small three-story table, and on the altar there was a statue of a Bodhisattva with a fierce face, which I had never seen before, and there was a flag next to it.
It's a conjuring flag, I recognize it, my grandfather told me that the conjuring flag can attract nearby souls, plus this is a place where the wind gathers qi, no wonder the souls can't escape.
All this seemed to gradually come to an eyebrow, and I set my eyes on the runes under the statue of the Bodhisattva.
The runes occupy almost the entire altar, and I always feel that the runes are like some kind of formation, but I can't remember them for a while.
And the colleagues of the serious crime team are collecting the bones, the scene is already like this, there is no need for protection at all, we can only take away all the things that need to be studied.
"You said the figure slipped under the altar?" Lao Ding came over to me and asked.
I nodded and said yes.
"But that's not right, it's solid under the altar."
Speaking of this, Lao Ding also deliberately stepped on the altar under his feet.
In fact, before I came up to see the altar, I looked around, the altar was made of rocks, and the corners were covered with green moss, as if it was a little old, and there was no trace around it at all, which meant that it was impossible for a figure to slip from under it.
Could it be that my eyes are spent?
"I'll have someone tear it down here, and you'll see if there's anything to keep."
Lao Ding patted me on the shoulder and motioned for me not to think too much.
"Just take a picture of you looking down on the altar."
I pointed to the corners: "It must be clear, bring the rest back to the bureau first, I need to study these runes." ”
Lao Ding nodded, and then ordered the comrades in the bureau to start working, and he and I went ashore.
Gu Man witnessed everything just now, and just as she was about to speak, she was stopped by Lao Ding with his eyes.
"In the future, when you see more cases, it won't be strange."
Lao Ding's comfort is not comfort, Gu Man still can't accept what she sees today, which subverts her cognition, at least this is different from the cases she has handled.
We are a serious crime team, Gu Man has been here for more than a year, and I have only been hired for a long time, what can we two little newcomers come into contact with? It's Lao Ding and those old comrades in the bureau, I'm afraid they have handled more cases in their lives than we have eaten, and those serious, unsolved, and strange cases that have not yet been declassified, which one is not appalling?
Excavations and collection at the site continued until more than 10 p.m., and a total of nine skeletons were collected, and the identification office will eventually give the time of their death, but it is estimated that it will not be of much help to this case.
The table case, the statue of the Bodhisattva, and the conjuring banner were all brought back by the Physical Evidence Division for protection and included in the classified information.
As for the altar, it was dismantled after the photo was taken, and the entire altar was cut into 16 large and small rock blocks and carried onto the car.
Other than that, there was nothing unusual under the reservoir, but everyone's face was lifeless.
That's right, it's not clean after all, and who knows what dirt it will get on?
It's just that I looked at the faces of those old comrades, most of them are righteous and fatal, plus I have been wandering around the scenes of various murders for many years, and if I can lower those dirty things, nothing should happen tonight.
When everything was packed and ready to be taken back to the bureau, Lao Ding pulled me aside again.
"Two days to go." He said to me: "Those old comrades are not familiar with this kind of case, are you sure? ”
I understand what Lao Ding meant, there has been a key development in the case tonight, but it is almost impossible to find the real murderer with the help of those physical evidence.
"Two days, I want to try."
I don't dare to boast about Haikou until I figure out the runes on the altar, besides, I'm an archivist, Lao Ding believes me, and those old comrades don't believe me.
Lao Ding nodded and acquiesced, let me call him as soon as I had news, and then went back with the car in the bureau.
As for Gu Man, Lao Ding approved her to go back to rest first, and asked me to drop her off by the way.
Gu Man currently lives with her parents, and on the way back, she didn't say a word, and through the rearview mirror, I saw that her face and eyes were cold and terrifying.